Dawn

Where Dawn comes from

From dawn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dawn
  • English
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Dawn Fraser born
    Australian swimmer and politician
  3. 1957
    Dawn French born
    British actress, comedian and writer
  4. 1971
    Peak, #14
    14,288 babies named Dawn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #35.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, sometimes given to a girl born at dawn.
Namesakes
  • Dawn Fraser · Australian swimmer and politician, born 1937
  • Dawn French · British actress, comedian and writer, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.